There have been well-defined rules that can make public place disabled-friendly. Be it a school or an office, certain changes or additions are required to make the area comfortable for differently-abled people. Sadly, not all organizations follow these rules. In 2015, India launched the ambitious ‘Accessible India Campaign’ and with it a hint of developing a Company Index for being Disabled-friendly. But there’s a lot of scope for improvement. So how do you know if the infrastructure of a company that is employing people with disabilities is disabled-friendly or not. Here are five broad parameters

There could be five broad parameters with specific measures for the Index:

Policy

Recruitment, employment and diversity

Flexiwork, flexi timings and work from home options

Advertising

Corporate

Quality

Training and Development

Inclusive products and service

Stakeholders and suppliers

Electronic

Number of PwD (People with Disability) in the past 3 years, the 3% reservations notwithstanding

Medical and leave options

Ease of converting a new idea for the benefit of employee with disability